Dragon Duel Round 6 Feature Match: Marion Smith vs. Lance Bradshaw

July 14th, 2013

12-year-old Marion Smith from Joint Base Louis McChord, Washington is Dueling against 12-year-old Lance Bradshaw from Zionsville, Indiana in our Round 6 Dragon Duel Feature Match! Both of these Duelists are currently 4-1 in the tournament, so a victory in this round will put one of them in great position for a Top 32 finish. Smith is using a Constellar Deck that’s capable of returning Bradshaw’s strongest Xyz Monsters to his Extra Deck, and Bradshaw is using Dragon Rulers. It’s time to Duel!

Smith drew Effect Veiler next turn, and revealed it to show that it wasn’t a Spell Card that would be destroyed by Eradicator Epidemic Virus’s effect. He Summoned Constellar Sombreand banished Algiedi from his Graveyard to add ConstellarKaus to his hand. Next, he Summoned Algiedi and used its effect to Summon ConstellarKaus. He activated his Kaus’s effect to raise Algiedi and Sombre to Level 5, and then combined them to Xyz Summon Number 61: Volcasaurus! Bradshaw immediately conceded, realizing that he would be defeated that turn.

Marion Smith makes big use of ConstellarPleiadesto take the first win against Lance Bradshaw’s Dragon Ruler Deck! Bradshaw will be going first in Duel 2!

Bradshaw Tributed a Mecha Phantom Beast Token to destroy Imperial Iron Wall and then detached an Xyz Material from Dracossack to try to Special Summon 2 Mecha Phantom Beast Tokens; but Smith flipped SolemnWarning and gave up 2000 Life Points to negate its effect!

Next, Bradshaw banished Reactan and Stream from his Graveyard to Special Summon Blaster. He banished Lightning and Burner from his Graveyard to Special Summon Redox. Next, Blaster attacked Starliege Paladynamo, and Smith discarded Honest to win the battle and destroy Blaster! Bradshaw ended his turn.

Bradshaw drew a card and then returned 3 of his banished Dragons to his hand in his Standby Phase thanks to the effects of the 3 copies of Gold Sarcophagus he used on his first turn. He banished Tidal and Tempest from his Graveyard to Special Summon Blaster from his Graveyard, and then used the effects of Tidal and Tempest to add Stream and Lightning from his Deck to his hand. He discarded Stream and Blaster to Special Summon Tidal from his Deck and then discarded Lightning and Redox to Special Summon Tempest. He combined Tempest and Tidal to Summon Number 11: Big Eye and then detached an Xyz Material from Big Eye to take control of M7.

He detached an Xyz Material from M7 to send Paladynamo back to Smith’s Extra Deck and then Special Summoned Blaster from his Graveyard in Attack Position by banishing 2 more Dragons. Finally, he activated Monster Reborn, and Smith conceded!

A crucial Effect Veiler allows Lance Bradshaw to win Duel 2! Marion Smith will be going first in Duel 3!

Bradshaw drew a card and then Smith activated Imperial Iron Wall in his Standby Phase. He discarded 2 Blasters from his hand to activate Blaster’s effect and destroy Imperial Iron Wall, and then discarded Stream and Lightning to Special Summon Tempest from his Deck. Next, he banished Lightning and Stream from his Graveyard to Special Summon Tidal. He combined Tidal with Tempest to Xyz Summon Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack, and Smith activated Compulsory Evacuation Device to return it to Bradshaw’s Extra Deck. Bradshaw banished Tidal and Blaster to Special Summon Tempest from his Graveyard, and then banished Tempest and Tidal to Special Summon Redox from his Graveyard. He attacked directly with Redox and Tempest to drop Bradshaw down to 1500 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Bradshaw banished Dark Hole from his Deck with Gold Sarcophagus so that he could reclaim it 2 turns later. Then he combined his Dragons to Xyz Summon Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack and activated its effect to Special Summon 2 Tokens to the field.

Smith drew Algiedi and Set it.

Bradshaw Tributed a Token to destroy Algiedi, and then Special Summoned Blaster from his Graveyard. Smith immediately offered the handshake, realizing he would be defeated that turn!